Golden perch
Excellent
Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
Murray River at Albury Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Murray below Hume Weir at Albury: cod, golden perch and spring brown trout in regulated water, NSW rules from either bank, with a Bureau gauge.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
1.67 m
Air / High
15 °C / 21 °C
Wind
W 3 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 409001, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Murray River at Albury is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. The gauge reads 1.67 m, easing 0.12 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind W around 3 km/h, rising pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Murray cod
Closed today
Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November in all waters except Blowering and Copeton dams.
Tie on: Soft plastic on a 1/4 oz jighead · Small hardbody, shallow diver · Squid jig, size 3.0 · Fresh pipi or worm on a small hook. Prime windows: 11:19 PM-1:19 AM, 11:47 AM-1:47 PM, 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. Warmer at 25 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
New South Wales requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$7.00. New South Wales fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing murray cod here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Murray cod page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Murray River at Albury today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:00), sunset (19:51), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM; minor 5:02 AM-6:02 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 409001 (MURRAY @ ALBURY).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 409001. Latest reading 2026-11-07 23:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low21 °C / 8 °C
WindW 3 km/h, gusts 6 km/h
Pressure1017.3 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain82% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset06:00 / 19:51
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Murray River at Albury
Today is the pick of the week on Murray River at Albury, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:19 PM-1:19 AM and 11:47 AM-1:47 PM
- Minor period
- 5:02 AM-6:02 AM
- Sun
- 06:00 to 19:51
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Murray River at Albury: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Murray cod
Closed 1 September to 30 November in NSW, Victoria and the ACT, and 1 August to 31 October in Queensland; check the exempt lakes
Closed now Reopens 1 Dec 2026. Closed 1 September to 30 November in all waters except Blowering and Copeton dams. Rule as read from DPIRD NSW on 2026-09-23.
The giant of the inland rivers and the big lakes (Hume, Mulwala, Eildon). A snag fish that eats big lures, and a species with a closed season across the Murray-Darling.
Golden perch
Best: November to April
Yellowbelly. The bread-and-butter native of the Murray-Darling lakes and rivers; loves warm water, structure and a lure worked slowly past its nose. Prime. Hop soft plastics and vibes around the timber, or fish shrimp and worms on the bottom.
When to come: the Murray River at Albury calendar
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 19 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataSun, Nov 8
2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 17 °C, wind to 26 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Golden perch led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by DPIRD NSW and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the New South Wales licence page before you keep anything.
Access
The Murray is New South Wales water from bank to bank, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and NSW rules apply even when you stand on the Victorian bank at Wodonga; a Victorian licence is not valid on the river, except in Lake Hume.
About this water
Murray River at Albury is a river in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Murray River at Albury: the full guide
The reach
Below Lake Hume the Murray’s flow is regulated by releases from the dam, the Victorian Fisheries Authority notes, and from Hume down to Yarrawonga it runs in a channel about 50 metres wide between banks 3 to 5 metres high, lined with mature red gums. Albury sits on the New South Wales bank and Wodonga across the water. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Albury supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Murray cod and golden perch are the main targets. The VFA notes that cold releases and a scarcity of snags mean fewer cod in this section than below Yarrawonga, though fish to 30 kg are caught, and that the river below Hume gives good spring fishing for brown trout. Cod are closed from 1 September to 30 November under the NSW rule computed on the species card. Silver perch and freshwater catfish may not be taken from the Murray, and trout cod are protected.
Where to fish it
All fishing is prohibited within 130 metres downstream of the Hume Weir face, so the spring trout water begins below that line. Horseshoe Lagoon, on the floodplain at West Albury, is catch and release only for Murray cod and golden perch. With timber scarce in this reach, the few snags and the deeper outside bends matter more than they do further downstream; find them at low flow and come back when the river is steady.
Reading the report
The level chart at Albury is essentially the Hume release: a rise means more water coming down, running higher, colder and faster, and a fall settles the river. The VFA notes that the best fishing tends to come in a spell of stable flow after an increase. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, cannot see the cold release, so in summer the river may be cooler than it suggests.
Licence, access and rules
The Murray is New South Wales water from bank to bank, so the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and NSW rules apply even when you stand on the Victorian bank at Wodonga; a Victorian licence is not valid on the river, except in Lake Hume. The fee starts at A$7 for three days. On this stretch, from 130 metres below Hume Weir down to Tocumwal, Murray crayfish may be taken only from 1 June to 31 August. The VFA and DPIRD pages are in the sources.
Common questions
Which licence do I need on the Murray at Albury?
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, whichever bank you stand on: the Murray is NSW water and a Victorian licence is not valid there, except in Lake Hume.
When is cod season at Albury?
Open 1 December to 31 August and closed 1 September to 30 November under the NSW rule, which applies across the whole river; the species card computes this year’s dates.
Is fishing good at Murray River at Albury right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 409001 — MURRAY @ ALBURY
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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